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Grumpus:
In a about a week I will be going on a trip wih my family to Spain, France & finally London.

While I'm in London I'm looking to purchase some music so If anyone knows any really good stores then it'd be nice if they could post a location and a description, thanks.

Inlander:
To tell the truth, I did most of my C.D. shopping in London at the Virgin and H.M.V. megastores on Oxford Street.  Yeah, not very "indie", but they're absolutely huge and the range is mind-boggling.  If I can go to one store and buy a Richard Hell C.D., a Nanci Griffith C.D., a Ewan MacColl C.D., and a Betty Carter C.D., it gets a thumbs up from me.

And for a couple of vague and perhaps not very useful recommendations: if you like soul there's a good store the name of which I can't remember, in a suburb I can't remember, right on the edge of Zone 1/Zone 2 for the underground.  It's in the Yellow Pages.  For jazz, a pretty handy shop is upstairs from a famous (and large) independent book shop I also can't remember the name of, on Charing Cross Road.

edscoble:
Portobello Road mate, brilliant market, lots of privately owned CD/Vinyl shop where you can pick up a classic from next to nowt, geezer know what they're talking about there, expect them pretentious cunt.

Saturday the best time to visit Portobello Road, it's at Notting Hill Gate, take the district line to get there (that's the green line)

Covent Garden a good one, tad more expensive fort, there's literally million of those cool little indies street in London, London practically spewed out Indies in certain area, lots of great music store like me local v




--- Quote from: Inlander ---To tell the truth, I did most of my C.D. shopping in London at the Virgin and H.M.V. megastores on Oxford Street.  Yeah, not very "indie", but they're absolutely huge and the range is mind-boggling.  

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he's right about that, even thought it's a chain store, (HMV's better) they have everything every CD from A to Z, without missing anything, thought the experience won't be that much, I can find the oldest Decemberists CD which most privately owned CD shop probably never heard of it and still playing the fucking sex pistols, and I like the sex pistols, but for sod sake, STOP PLAYING IT!.


--- Quote from: Inlander ---if you like soul there's a good store the name of which I can't remember, in a suburb I can't remember, right on the edge of Zone 1/Zone 2 for the underground.
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yeah, that'll narrow it down, no name, no station, and the edge of Zone 1 has already got too many stations as it is, Mornington crescent? Liverpool Street? Aldgate East? London Bridge? Elephant and Castle? Vauxhall? Earl's Court? Notting Hill Gate? High Street Kensington? Paddington? St. John's Wood? Royal Oak? Great Portland Street? etc?.

suburban usually Zone 3.

KharBevNor:
The Virgin Megastore in London is insane. I almost cried with joy upon entering it. It had seperate sections for hardcore, nu-metal, goth and metal, ALL WITH THE CORRECT BANDS IN THEM. The metal section was absolutely incredible...I could have spent easily £1000 there.

edscoble:
sometime in Virgin you'd get the most elaborate cutest gothic ever working there.

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